The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-15

s1on lasted till 10 p. M, when tho ~,
NE ~ w3 vote OF 70 to 81 decided TO reco
ini' 'ne Dill, and then adjourned.
THE PHOSPHATE BILL.
-" ' Inc phosphate bill, the provisions
tna Wnich nave already been summaries
Snese columns, caused quite Ien1rt
'rk uocaVe In the Senate. The various o,
i'd TI VISIONS OF the bill! were freely discmsps1 20
TX. hart,L ne nrs1 vote came up on Senator r.
49, 40. uohI motlon to make the DURATION
on tne proposed grant ten years instead
U"enIy. This amendment was lost hu
aoeo Oh ~ nays to 16 yeas. Next I
- Ihmenoment Int to increase the royaItv W.
90 90 Vs. 1GsS oy vote OF 25 nays to 10 YEA AZ
90 90 Vii aiious o!her amendments wore offere[
40 oot;n 1911 varying results, but without ind
q moaa 8 Che sense OF the Senate upon tI
y; =: measure as whole. Finally Senatr
IL Noise, of Sumter, moved to i1dofniaHIii aIi
:, postpone the bill. Senator NJ
Il moved to table this motion, Tba e"rfm FRA
J. as follows: " '''o VoCe stoo
" II, > teas-Aa1i!eXander, Bell, Biemen. Buist
! EIIuWard, Field, Howell, Murray Mos"
= Si;n31 SSi;uh3ros = M2Master, Reynolds, SinkIe,,
Q singh, Smythe, Talbert, William" ''nHte iI1
r, Naays-Austin, Black. Byrd Co.,
: Erwin, Hemphill, Tzlor' kon Ule%s
Moody, Mccall, Noise Pattnly meoy
!Mname, III Smith, Wofford, W;nasu9 T,so5'
woodward and Youmans-i9 e"'o'
Inc bIn was then indefinitely ,ost
Poned without division, Po''-
SOME NEW MEASURES.
quite q number of new meosuros 1
lowing: 'lonn the toi-
In the Senate: Bill to amend tho t.:.,
Justice law. 'ono 'he trial
oin 10 regulate licenses for Insurance.
companies nt5H doing business in this Stoto
-. -. ~ 70 renew renew and amend the <chnrtes
charter of the Farmers Phosphate Com
pany.
Bill incorporating the Security Say
ings Bank of Charleston.
Bill incorporating the Summerville
Building and LoanAssociation.
By Senator Moore, bill to restore q
per diem payment to county boards of
examiners.
In the House: Mr.. Lesesne, bill to re-
peal certain Acts so as to remit the
county of Colleton to the operations of
Chapter 27, General Statutes, relating to
the stock law.
Mr.. Abney, bill to amend Chapter 72,
&C., OF the General Statutes, relating to
assignments by insolvent debtors.
Mr.. Ancrum, bill to charter the Cam
den Street hallway Company.
Mr.. league, bill requiring the super
lntendent OF the Penitentiary to provide
separate maintenance, lodging and train
ing for criminals under Is years of age.
Mr.. Plowdcn, bill to authorize the
town council of Forreston to borrow
money for building an academy and
boarding house.
Mr.. Johnston, bill to abolish the Office
of superintendent Of highways in Pick
ems county.
ABOUT THE CENSUS.
There was q long and earnest debate
in the House on the bill to re-apportion
the representatives according to the bill
previously reported by the proper COM
mittee. This bill simply provides that
there shall be reapportionment of rep-
resentation on the basis of the United
States census of 1880 and divides out
the Representatives among the counties,
taking four from Charleston and one
each from Aiken, Hampton and Rich.
land counties, and giving an additional
Representative to Beaufort, Edgefeld
Greenville, Laurens, Marlboro, Spartan.
burg and Sumter counties.
There was long and earnest debate
the opponents of the bill resting thei1
objections mainly upon the ground tina
3 3 it would be in violation of the Stat,
l Constitution.
, The yeas and nays were called on the
4 motion to strike out the enacting words
8 During the call of the roll there was per
. feet silence in the House, most of tn,
u members keeping tally of the votes
: The motion was finally declared lost b,
Q a vote of 81 to 60.
Mr.. Haskell offered an amendment
! which was accepted, providing that thi
Q apportionment shall only hold good un
o til after the adjournment of the Genera
g Assembly which will be elected in 1890
3 After some further debate it was sug
20 gested that tho apportionment set fort
20 in the bill had never been verified b
} reference to the records of the census Q
II 1880, as filed in the Office Of the Secre
v tary of State.
After somo discussion Mr.. Haskell
Il motion 10 fecommit to O special commit
u, "a tee was adopted on division, with th
III understanding that the committee shoul
3 report as soon as they had verified til
ol figures and that the bill would then |
y taken up for it's third reading, the oppt
sition guaranteeing that it should NJ
ut lose its place on the Calendar. I'll
s- special committee appointed by tt
H. Speaker was composed of Messrs. Sim
in son, Douglass and Aldrich.
oll The committee, on the day followin
II. reported that thoy had made the nece
n sary calculations, and found that Il
81 representation would be as follows A
beville 5, Aiken 3, Anderson 4, Bar
ne well 5, Beaufort 4, Berkeley 5, Charlie
la- ton 8, Chester 3, Clarendon 2, Collett
Is. 5, Darlington 4, Edgefeld 6, Fairfield
IL, Georgetown 2, Greenville 5, Hampt'
g: 2, Horny 2, Kershaw 3, Lancaster
nd Laurens 4, Lexington 2, Marion
St Marlboro 3, Newberry 3, Oconee
Orangeburg 5, Pickens 2, Richland
lrd Spartanburg S, Sumter 5, Union 3, w
IN liamsburg 3, York 4.
OF The committee stated that in appt
tioning representatives to Berkeley a
Charleston they had made the calcu
tiDp ooonr1ipC, tn tho tpmnabinu in 4